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Originally Posted by MarchHare

People have fought wars over the right for the population to vote, not that it be a mandatory requirement if citizenship. If I make an informed decision to abstain (which, again, is absolutely not the same thing as voter apathy), that's my right as a Canadian citizen. Frankly, I think it's better for an informed voter to abstain than it is for an ill-informed voter to blindly cast their ballot just because "it's their democratic duty".

Hey I agree with you 100% on this, but my Grandfather comments weren’t about "democratic duty" They inspired me to get off my ass and get informed.